DATE POSITION 



DESCRIPTION 

 OF INCIDENT 



LIVES 

 LOST/INJURED 



DAMAGE 



17 May 1845 



9 May 1844 



29 Apr 1843 



16 or 17 May 

 1842 



28 May 1842 



About 45'28'N 48 W 



About 50°N 42°W from Bristol to 

 Quebec 



Off St Pauls' Island 



43°08'N 49''W (or 45°N). from New 

 York to Antwerp 



From Newcastle to Pictou 



berg 



Brig HUNTCLIFF tiit a berg. Next 

 day lifted the crew off the barque 

 HOPE, sinking from damage by 

 ice 



Barque LOTUS hit a berg 



Brig WM RIPPON hit a berg 



Barque ANNA LIFFEY or 

 TIFFEY struck a berg 



Brig STEPHEN hit a berg 



Unknown 



Boats picked up by 

 the SWALLOW from 

 Hamburgh 



Crew saved 



Crew saved 



Crew landed at 

 Pictou 



away and other damage 

 Bows stove 



Foundered immediately 



Sank 

 Sank 



Abandoned 



July 1842 46°N 48°W from Quebec at Milford 7 



August 



26 Jul or Aug 47°30'N 40°W 



1842 



MARIA struck an Island of Ice in 

 dense fog 



Ship LjAUREL hit a berg 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Lost bowsprit, foretopmast, etc : 

 damage to hull and leaky 



Unknown 



1 1 Mar 1841 Sailed from New York for Liverpool 



Apr 1841 43°30N 49°39W, from Liverpool to 



Philadelphia, 



Steamer PRESIDENT 

 disappeared, believed to have 

 struck a berg 



WILLIAM BROWN hit a berg in a 

 gale 



120 people lost 



33 of 83 crew and 

 passengers went 

 down with ship, rest 

 took to boats. 17 

 passengers thrown 

 overboard to lighten 

 1 boat Boat later 

 picked up by 

 CRESCENT Other 

 boat landed at 

 St Pierre. 



Disappeared 



Sank 



24 Apr 1841 



9 May 1841 



24 Mar 1839 



Off Cape Ray, from Liverpool to 

 Montreeal 



44°N 49°W Another reported 

 position is 42°02'N 43°45'W 



12 May 1841 43''N 50°30W from Yamioulh, NS to 



Lrverpool 



43°N 53°W 



Bark STADACONA 

 ISTARDONA?) amongst 

 icebergs, or lost in the Ice 



ISABELLA struck a berg 



LONDON struck a berg 



Packet ship WESTCHESTER hit 

 a berg 



Crew saved 



1 Fatality 

 Remainder picked 

 up by KINGSTON 



None known Heard 

 crash shortly after, 

 supposed to be 

 another vessel 

 running against the 

 iceberg 



Unknown 



Sank 



Sank immediately 



Stove lartxDard bow and lost 

 bowsprit, mam topmast etc. 



Bowsprit and fore rigging carried 

 away, and stem seriously 

 damaged. Some cargo 

 jettisoned 



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